Employee Employer Relationship in Ancient Tamil Literature: With Special Reference to Tirukkural

Dr. Alka Jain

Abstract: Employee employer relationship is a sensitive and complex issue, which if not handled properly leads to serious organizational problems. Unfortunately there is no quick and easy formulae to use which will provide an instant solution to these problems. The author has explored an ancient Tamil book Tirukkural, for rediscovering such formulae or codes of conduct of employee employer relationship. Interestingly, a complete theory of employee employer relationship is discovered in the book. Many verses in the book are devoted to this organizational issue by addressing the relationship between a king and his subordinates, who was the supreme employer of that era.

Keywords: Employee, employer, employee employer relationship, organizational conflicts, Tirukkuramil literature